11/6/2004: Visual display of the electoral divide

BigV · 11-24-2004, 03:35 PM

Regarding the red/blue maps...

I agree that the oversimple party choice color / state outline (or county outline for that matter) presents a greatly distorted impression that our nation is waaaay more "red" than "blue". But still controlling for that by using the same state by state map and using the same color scheme, I found a very interesting observation with respect to Federal Tax distributions.

I googled up "donor states federal taxes" and found several links that contained maps that bore a striking resemblance to the electoral map.

Try it for yourself and see. Several theories come to mind explaining the similarities.

Yours--

11-24-2004, 03:35 PM	#25
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Regarding the red/blue maps... I agree that the oversimple party choice color / state outline (or county outline for that matter) presents a greatly distorted impression that our nation is waaaay more "red" than "blue". But still controlling for that by using the same state by state map and using the same color scheme, I found a very interesting observation with respect to Federal Tax distributions. I googled up "donor states federal taxes" and found several links that contained maps that bore a striking resemblance to the electoral map. Try it for yourself and see. Several theories come to mind explaining the similarities. Yours--

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